In a normal ride around the house in Piedmont NC we typically do about 4000-5000' over 100 miles. It's about the same ratio for routes with lesser miles. I can vary the 100 mile route and add about 1500' of climbing but really can't do much less.

When we head up to the mountains we'll do closer to 8000-9000' over 100 miles.

The most climbing I've done over a 100 mile ride is 11,000+'.

There is an organized ride in mid May in the mountains that is about 8500' of climbing over only 62 miles. You are either going up, or going down all day. I feel fortunate to have some hills in and around where we live.

When I rode across the US I'm thinking my average climbing was about 2000' over 85 miles or about 1/2 what I normally rode. The area I normally ride in was great training from that perspective.